Tala Arts Presents: Insistence on Another World
On View September 7-28, 2024 Wednesday-Friday 2-8pm Saturday-Sunday 12-6pm And by appointment
My Gallery NYC 587 Franklin Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11216
“Queerness is essentially about the rejection of a here and now and an insistence on potentiality or concrete possibility for another world.” -José Esteban Muñoz, Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity
August 19, 2024 (New York) – Tala Arts is pleased to present Insistence on Another World, a group art exhibition that aims to embody the power and collective vision of queer and trans Black, indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) artists, and cultural workers.
The artworks featured in the show present a bold display of our community’s power, our acts of resistance, our unwavering pleasure, and our embodied reverence. All of the artists in the show share a practice rooted in the sharing of reflections, beliefs, philosophies, and imaginings informed by their specific legacies and cultural histories. This exhibition hopes to bring together artists who are in conversation with historical lineages, queerness, grief, joy, and spirit(s) in the midst of the material complexities of our present moment.
Insistence on Another World, curated by Marin Watts and Luce Capo Lincoln, will be mounted at My Gallery NYC, located at 587 Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. There will be an opening reception at the gallery from 3:00PM-8:00PM on Saturday, September 7, 2024. A closing reception will follow on Saturday, September 28, 2024 from 3:00PM-6:00PM.
Featured Artists: Golden, Saba Taj, So + Bex, Tourmaline, Geeta Lewis, Marin Watts, Kim Baglieri, Amir Khadar, Demian DinéYazhi', Mickaela Bradford, Shadow Work Media, Meehaun Glasper-Wade, Maximilián Vega-Vélez and Noa Dimedetti
About Tala Arts: Tala Arts is a curatorial project dedicated to the creative power and collective vision of Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) artists and cultural workers. The artists and cultural workers involved strive to remember and retell a forgotten history, an ancestral practice, or a pathway to resilience. Tala Arts believes that these artists create to envision a different world, one of liberated spirits and self-determined bodies.
About My Gallery NYC: My Gallery NYC opened in 2021, and was established by artist and owner Darla Ebanks, who wanted to create an avenue and venue for emerging artists to display their work. The goal of My Gallery NYC is to encourage artists to invest in themselves. Curators and artists alike can apply to book the space for exhibitions and special events. My Gallery NYC is open to any art that is positive, uplifting, and inclusive.
Media Contact:
Marin Watts and Luce Capco Lincoln, Tala Arts, info@talaarts.net Website: talaarts.net